Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 18, 1901, Image 3
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| IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
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Cvents of tbe Past Week In and Around
Town Briefly Told.
Cotton is bringing 7 90 cents
on this market today.
Mills ?fc Yonug announce a great
display of holiday goods.
Only two weeks in which to rmv
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State taxes, unless there is au extension
of time.
Mr. Joo. Hoke will visit the
Charleston exposition during the
Christmas holidays.
Next Wednesday being Christ.mas
day The Times will be issued
on Tuesday of next week.
Jas. H. Thornwell, Jr., arrived
home from Cliuton, S. C. Friday
and will spend the holidays here.
A large number of the young
people enjoyed a party at the home
of Mrs. L. P. Fulp Friday evening.
J. E. Ardrey came up from Columbia
this morning to attend the
Ardrey-Spratt marriage this aftertioon.
Miss Mason Harris returned
from Rock Hill Friday evening
after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. T. O.
Til
r lowers.
Mrs. J. M. Kennettand children
left yesterday morning for Lexington.
N. C., where they will spend
several weeks with relatives.
On account of the extreme cold
weather, and the nearness of the
holidays, the graded school at this
place was closed Monday morning.
Mr. W. F. Downs, who until recently
was employed at Fishing
Creek, S. C., has accepted a position
with the Charlotte Brick
Company.
The advance in the price of cotton
during the past few days has
caused a rush in sales. An unusually
large number of bales were
marketed at this place Saturday.
Mr. Van. Blankensliip, who
moved from this township to Arkansas
about 13 years ago, is visit\ing
relatives in Gold Hill. This
is Mr. Blnnkonship's first visit
iiere since going West.
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a numoer oi young men, in-1
eluding a eon of Contractor Ordway,
arrived in Fort Mill Saturday
morning from Danville, Va., and
are stopping at the Palmetto
Hotel. They will be employed on
the cast wing of the Catawba dam.
The following subscribers have
recently been addod to the locai
'phone exchange: Mrs. M. J. Hall,
No. 78; Millfort Mill cloth room,
No. 81; M. J. Adcock, No. 79;
Kirkpatrick's farm, No. 80. There
are now 194 phones on the list.
A little more than two weeks
remain in which citizens can register
to vote in the town election.
Those who have not registered
should do so at once. The only
' .requirement is that of presenting
your county registration certificate.
* Cards have been issued an
nouncing rue marriage ot Mr. ?Jno. j
Collins End Miss Bessie MeEl-J
haney, of Poortieth, N C., to take
place at Belair Methodist church on
the 18th instant. Miss McElis
a sister of Mr. E. L McElhaney
and Mrs. J. W. Erwin, of Fort
Mill.
On account of the recent outbreak
of smallpox in this community,
the Home Missionary Society
will not hold its fancy work
bazaar in the town hall Friday
evening. The goods will be placed
on sale at the home of Mr. E. W.
Kimbrell, and the people are invited
to call and aee the many
pretty things they have.
In response to the letter of Intendant
McElhany anent the smallpox
among the negroes in the upper
section of the township, Dr.
Bacot, a State physician, came to
Fort Mill last week and, after examining
the cases, pronounced it
smallpox of a very mild form. No
now cases have been recently reported.
Some excitement was caused in
town Saturday morning by the
discovery at the upper mill of what
. was suspected of being smallpox.
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k difference of opinion as to whether
a it is smallpox on account of its
B mild form. However, the authorA
ities have taken such precaution
as they think will prevent a spread
B of the disease.
BB On account of a number of the
membors wishing to attend the
reception of Dr. and Mrs. J. L.
fl^B Spratt Thursday evening, Catawba
Lodge No. Ob, A. P. M. will meet
fl|^B at 4 p. m., instead of the usual
BB hour, 7:30. The meeting iomorB^Brcw
afternoon will consist of work
^H^Bin the third degree and an election
officers.
Mr. F. T. Pegram, who has for
HB^R number of years been proprietor
B|B the Palmetto Hotel at this place,
|^^Bil retire from the hotel business
^^^^^Ber January 1st and will take up
^^^^^Bning on the place in Bethel
H^^^^Bnship recently bought by him.
^^H^^RPegraui's family will not move
country at present, but will
BflH^^R)y one of their cottages on
BHH^^R) street. Wo not
BEB^Rd who will succeed Mr. PegRBBB
the Pulmotto,
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Mrs. R. V. Macon is visitiug
relatives at Blythewood, S. C.
Rev. J. B. Massey, of Richmond,
Va., is expected home during the
holidays.
Santa Claus is coming. The
chiklren should all read Meacham
& Fpps ad.
Mr. J. P. Crowder has removed
his family to the Springs place,
north of Fort Mill.
Mr. W. S. McMurray, of Baltimore,
spent Saturday aud Suuday
at his home near Fort Mill.
It is said that the mills in this
place will give their employees
five days for the Christmas holidays.
The children are wondering
whether there will be a Christmas
tree this year. We have not heard
of one.
W. R. Bradford left Friday evening
for his home in Lexington,
Ky., after a visit of several weeks
in this place.
As a result of the rains of Saturday
night and Sunday, Catawba
river was 1G feet above low-water
mark Monday.
Mrs. J. R. Boulware, of Rook
Hill, spent several days of the
past week at the home of her sister,
Mrs. J. M. Grier.
Mercury in the thermometers
stood at 14 degrees above zero
Monday morning. Tiiis io colder,
by several degrees, than any day
this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Meacham,
Jr., of Greenwood, S. C., arrived
Monday evening aud will spend
the holidays at the home of their
parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Meacham,
in this place.
The Clover Reveiw, a York
county weekly newspaper, has
suspended publication. In his
valedictory, Editor Gwinn says
that ho thought the people of
Clover wanted a paper, but he finds
that he was mistaken.
Intendant McElhanoy has not
yet succeeded in finding the owner
of the shotguns which wore advertised
in The Times some weeks
ago. It is thought they were
stolen in North Carolina.
Report reached town Monday
that a free-for-all fight had taken
place at the Catawba dam on Sunday,
in which several negroes were
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cuuBiueruuiy uruisea. imo arrests
have been made on account of the
melee.
John Jenkins, a nepro man who
baa been held in Charlotte several
days as a suspect, was released
Friday. Jenkins was arretted last
Wednesday at th3 \*o:ks of the
Catawba Power company, three
miles west of Fort Mill, by Messrs.
It. C.JBeik and Uobt. Gordner, of
Mt. Holly, N. C.
A preat n.any of our people
have not yet become acquai ited
with the recent change of schedules
in the Southern, and a number
have been disappointed by beinp
too late to catch the trains. The
only chanpe of any consequence
is in the southbound train which
is due here at 7:50 a. m.
A tenant house on Dr. T. S.
Kirkpatrick's place, south of town,
and occupied by an old colored
man, was destroyed by tiro Thursday
arternoon. A peculiar incident
in connection with tho tiro
was that Mr. S. L. Meacham was
on his way to the place to install u
'phone in the house, when he discovered
it to bo on fire.
Prof. S. M. Mason, who recently
accepted a position with the war
department was on last Wednesday
notified that he would be expected
to report for duty at Sullivrn'e
island on December 2Gth. Prof.
Mason will remain in Fort
Mill until the 20th, and aftor
spending a few days at his home
in Yorkvillo, will depart for his
new field of labor.
In veiw of the fact that smallpox
is prevalent in this community,
Mr. J. E. Williamson, superintendar.t
of the mills in this place, has
sent each of his employees a ciri
eular letter requesting all thoee,
who have not been, to submit to
vaccination at once. He also asks
that no strange negroes be allowed
to come near or enter the homes
of his employees,
Mr. Lee Warren, whose home is
about two miles north of Fort Mill,
came to town Thursday afternoon
suffering with a bullet wound in
his right leg. He was cleaning
his Distol. a 38 calibre. wlier> if
At the meeting of Eleotra Lodge
No. 87, K. of P. on Monday evening
the following oliicers were
elected tr?f?erv?a dnrir?rr ;
" 'Twas tho night before Christinas
And ail o'er tho houso,"
Do you remember wlmt a great
event the Niget Before Christmas
ue8d to be to you ? We can
furnish you come holiday presents
thai are calculated to make tho
Day After tiie Night Before
one long to be remembered by
children and adults alike.
Bcoks.
Everybody expresses surprise
that we should have such nice
ones and by such notablo Authors
and they are dumfoundod by the
pricos. Think of dainty little
was accidently disd barged, the
ball entering his leg from the hnek
side and lodging directly over the
knee cap. Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick
dressed the wound.
The following invitations have
been received in Fort Mill: "Mrs.
Ellen K. lielk requests the pleasure
of your presence at the marriage
of her daughter, Margarot Elizabeth,
to Mr. Lewis Marcellus Clyburn,
Tuesday evening, December
twenty-fourth, at 3 o'clock. Dixie,
South Carolina.'' Miss llolk has
a number of relatives in this place.
uoQKs in licit white vellum with
ornamental designs in gold and artistic
doral decorations at 35 cts.
per volume. And yon can get
each titles as "Scarlet Letter,"
'Elisabeth and Her German Garden,"
"Visits of Elizabeth," "Paul
and Virginia," "The Poets," etc.
All-Linen Juvenile Books at 5
and 10 cents.
The prettiest little Testaments
you ever saw at 25, 40 end 50
cents.
Xmas
Cards.
Boautiful works of art, with holirlo\?
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vaci^ ^!OCLIU|{ HUU ICXl.
And whnt would bo nicer for an
Xmas present than a handsome
bottle of tlie best quality of perfumery,
or a stylish box of stationery?
Be sure to call and see,
Ardrey's Drug Store.
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GOOD WHISKIES,
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| WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC
CALL ON OB WRITE TO
W.n. IIOOVEK,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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year; W. B. Meacham, C. C; L. J.
Massey, Y. C; R. F. Grier, Prelate;
S. L. Meacham, M. of A; J. P.
Crowder, M. of W; J. M. Spratt,
K. or R. and S. and M. of F; D. G.
Thompson, M. of Ex; T. B. Spratt,
I. G; Alex. Barber, O. G; L. A.
Harris, trustee for three years; B.
M. Faris, trustee for two years;
T. S. Kirkpatrick, trustee for oue
year.
SAW DEATH 2TEAB.
"It's often made my heart ache,"
writes L. C. Overstreet, of Elgin,
Tenn., "to hear my wife cough
until it seemed her weak lungs
would collapse. Good doctors
said she was so far gone with Consumption
that no medicine or
earthly help could save her. but a
friend recommended Dr. King's
New Discovery and persistent use
of this excellent medicine saved
her life." It's absolutely guaranteed
for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and all Throat and Lung
diseases. 50o and $1.00 at Meacham's
Drug Store. Trial bottles
free.
The Amos Owens Cherry Tree
Company, of Henrietta, N. C., of
which so much has been published,
can now be numbered with things
of the naet. Manv of its nnmnio
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in this State received notice to
suspend business for one month
in order to allow unfriendly feeling
to die out. Upon the heels of
this notice comes the news from
I Charlotte, N. C., that the Amos
Owen's Cherry Tree company was
i indicted in the Federal court for
j usiuK the mails for fraudulent
purposes. The officers of the
company, it is said, have fled, and
many evidences of fraud in the
scheme and its methods have been
found out.
FOR RENT.?A pood two or
three horse farm near Barbersville,
S. C. Apply to Alex Barber,
Fort Mill, S. C.
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We will feel liig
our stock of Beautiful
SANT^
just loaded down with!
nice TOYS, etc., for*
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me uoys and Uirls,j
for here is where lie}
will get the nieH
things for the Xmasl
trees, as well as tofillj
the stockings of tliej
many little ones. At
visit to this store will!
convince you. 4
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AVe offer special (
Dry Goods
Shoes, etc.
We have nice stoc
and inspect our goods
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ill call and examine
A lot of Christmas
Goods that will scoop
in the holiday business,
for this is Santa
Claus' relay station.
We have lots of nice
things for Christmas
that were unknown
last Christmas. Come
while you have an
unbroken stock to sei
loot irom.
S on our entire line of
Elarts, Oa;pjby
will pay you to call
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ANNUAL
.RANGE
; December 11th and
>tmas day. So if yoi
?r cent on your cash
3 US. We will show y
of General Mcrchandi
ax*nit"u.:
ive just received ano
furniture, at close pri
ving of 25 per cent to
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i i in niuriv <1 IIll'U HJSSl
i CHAlllS, one of wl
y acceptable Xnms pre
Slioes.
people who wear she
show our line. It wil
look, and we know tl
a sale.
t, to make matters sli
ice you of the BAHG
coming to
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